Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers.

  • Danby Palmer Fry
Date:
1890
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Credit: Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    FOEM 16. Names of all private lunatics in the asylum at for the county [or borou2;h, &c., as tlie, case may 6e,] of on the day of 18 . Name. Date of Admission. This is a correct list. (Signed) Clerk of the Asylum. Form 17. County of Union [or Parisli] of District of ^ Quarterly List of Lunatic Paupers within the district of the union of [or the parish of ], in the county or borough of , not in any asylum, hospital, or licensed house. Name. Sex. Age. Form of Mental Disorder. Duration of present attacli of Insanity, and if idiotic, wlietlier or not from birtli. Resi- dent in Worlc- house. Non- Resident in Worlj- house, wliere and witti whom resident. Date of visit. In what state as to Bodily and Mental Condition, Accom- modation, and general Care and Manage- ment. If ever mechani- cally restrained, why, and: by what means, and how often. I declare that I have personally examined the several persons whose names are specified in the above list on the day set opposite their names, and I certify, first, with respect to those appearing by the above list to be in the workhouse, that the accommodation in the workhouse is sufScient for their reception, and that they are all [or, all except ] proper patients to be kept in the workhouse; and seccndly, with respect to those appearing by the above list to be resident elsewhere than in the workhouse, that they are all [or, all except ] properly taken care of, and may properly remain out of an asylum. ['] The Commissioners in Lunacy huve advisod that, in tliose instances where no pauper lunatics are resident in the district, the fact should be commuuicated by making a nil return (see their Thirteenth Report, p. 75]. 2 A